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737-838 VH-XZM Coonawarra was delivered to Qantas in Brisbane on August 6 after the aircraft completed its ferry flight from Boeing Field via Honolulu and Nadi as QF6024. It entered service on August 10 when it operated QF613 from Brisbane to Melbourne.

737-838 VH-XZN Wagga Wagga was delivered to Qantas in Brisbane on September 4 after the aircraft completed its ferry flight from Boeing Field via Honolulu and Nadi as QF6024.

737-838 VH-XZO msn 44576 was planned for delivery to Qantas in October.

737-838 VH-VXH ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Seletar on August 25 for painting in the current Qantas livery.

737-476 VH-TJK, which has been in storage at Victorville since April ’13, was cancelled from the register on August 21 as ‘aircraft sold’. It was placed on the US register as N937NZ on August 27.

767-338ER VH-OGG was withdrawn from service on July 30 after operating QF454 from Melbourne to Sydney. VH-OGG, which carried the Disney Planes movie colour scheme, then had these marks and the Qantas titles and kangaroo removed before departing Sydney on August 12 as QF6021 to Los Angeles and Victorville where it was placed in storage.

Named City of Rockhampton, VH-OGG was originally delivered to Qantas in Sydney on December 1490 after operating QF531/12 from San Francisco via Honolulu.

767-338ER VH-OGK was withdrawn from service on August 6 after operating QF462 from Melbourne to Sydney. With its Qantas titles and kangaroo removed, the 767 departed Sydney on August 15 as QF6017 to Victorville where it was placed in storage.

As City of Mackay VH-OGK was delivered to Qantas in Sydney on October 26 ’91 after operating QF531/24 from Vancouver and Papeete.

The departures of VH-OGG and VH-OGK reduces the Qantas 767 passenger fleet to 10 aircraft: OGI, OGJ, OGL, OGM, OGN, OGO, OGR, OGS, OGT and OGU.

After maintenance in Manila since June 29 A380-842 VH‑OQC ferried to Hong Kong as QF6015 on August 18. VH-OQC then returned to service with Qantas when it operated QF128 from Hong Kong to Sydney on August 19.

A380-842 VH-OQG ferried from Hong Kong to Manila as QF6003 on August 19 for planned maintenance with Lufthansa Technik.

A330-303 VH-QPA operated QF35 from Melbourne to Singapore on August 2 and on arrival was repainted in the current Qantas colour scheme. On completion of the work VH-QPA ferried from Singapore to Brisbane as QF6006 on August 19.

A330-303 VH-QPC ferried from Brisbane to Singapore as QF6005 on July 16 where it became the first Qantas A330-300 to be repainted in the airline’s updated colour scheme.

VH-QPC returned to service in its new livery on August 2 when it operated QF82 from Singapore to Sydney (arriving August 3).

A330-202 VH-EBB Albany ferried from Singapore to Brisbane as QF6005 on July 17 after being repainted from Jetstar’s to Qantas’s livery. VH-EBB then entered service with Qantas on August 1 when itoperated QF509 from Brisbane to Sydney.

A330-202 VH-EBC was registered to Qantas on July 21 and on September 6 as QF6009 it ferried from Brisbane to Singapore where it changed its colour scheme from Jetstar to Qantas (See Jetstar below for further information).

QantasLink took delivery of Dash 8-Q402 C-GWRF msn 4461 in Brisbane on July 25 after the aircraft ferried in from Saipan, Port Moresby and Cairns as BBA05.

Later registered VH-LQQ the Q400 entered service with QantasLink on August 14 when it operated QF1476 from Canberra to Sydney.

Qantas Freight ferried 737‑376(SF) VH-XMR from Perth to Seletar as QF7301 on August 8 for planned maintenance. While in Seletar VHXMR, which is the last of type in the fleet to carry Australian air Express titles, will be painted in the colours of Qantas Freight.

737-376(SF) VH-XMO ferried from Seletar to Perth and Melbourne as QF7302 on August 5 after completing its maintenance lay-up and repainting in Qantas Freight colours.

Jetstar took delivery of 787-8 VH-VKH in Cairns on August 16 after the aircraft ferried in from Paine Field as JQ7878. VH-VKH – which is the first Jetstar 787 to be assembled at Boeing’s Charleston, South Carolina site (rather than Everett, Washington State) – later ferried from Cairns to Melbourne as JQ7991 on August 22 before entering service on August 23 as JQ35 from Melbourne to Denpasar.

787-8 VH-VKG was delivered to Cairns on August 26 after the aircraft ferried in direct from Paine Field as JQ7992. VH-VKG entered service on September 5 when it operated JQ25 from Cairns to Narita.

787-8 VH-VKF, which was delivered to Melbourne on July 3 (Traffic/August), entered service on July 12 when it operated JQ17 from Melbourne to Phuket.

787-8 VH-VKE was scheduled on the inaugural Jetstar 787 service to Japan when it operated JQ25 from Cairns to Narita on August 14.

A330-202 VH-EBA was withdrawn from Jetstar service on August 23 after operating JQ2/22 from Honolulu to Melbourne. On August 23 VH-EBA as JQ7991 was ferried from Melbourne to Singapore where it was repainted in Qantas colours.

A330-202 VH-EBC was withdrawn from Jetstar service on July 18 after operating JQ24/17 from Narita to Melbourne.

A330-202 VH-EBD was withdrawn from Jetstar service in Melbourne on September 4 after operating JQ24/03 from Narita.

Later that day VH-EBD as JQ7997 ferried from Melbourne to Brisbane for planned maintenance prior to entry into service with Qantas.

A321-231 VH-VWZ ferried out of Melbourne as JQ7995 on August 21 for Darwin and Singapore and planned maintenance and returned to Melbourne from Singapore and Darwin as JQ7996 on August 29.

A320-232 VH-VQZ as JQ7993 ferried from Melbourne to Darwin and Singapore for planned maintenance on July 31 and returned to Melbourne from Singapore as JQ7992 on August 6.

Jetstar Pacific has leased A320- 232 RP-C8989 msn 3621 from Zest Air and placed the aircraft into service on August 15 as VN-A560 when it operated BL800 from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi.

A320-231 VN-A344 msn 2255 has been leased from Vietnam Airlines and it entered service on July 23 when it operated BL803 from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi.

Network Aviation withdrew its last EMB-120ER Brasilias from service on July 31.

EMB-120ER VH-NHA operated its final service for Network Aviation on July 28 when it operateda flight from Mt Magnet to Perth.

EMB-120ER VH-NHC operated its final flight on July 31 from East Juardi to Perth while EMB-120ER VH-NHY also operated its final flight on July 31 from Leonora to Perth.

As of early September EMB‑120ERs NHA, NHC, NHY and NHZ were parked at Perth while awaiting disposal.

Airline news

In this issue we report the deliveries of an A320 to Aircalin, an A320 to Air New Zealand and a 737-300 to Nauru Airlines, and the departures of a 747-400 of Air New Zealand, a 737-300 of Air New Zealand, a 737‑300 of Airwork and a Dash 8-200 of Air Niugini.

Aircalin took delivery of A320-232 F-OZNC in Noumea on August 5 after the aircraft arrived from Seletar via Darwin as SB981. F-OZNC entered service on September 2 when it operated SB110 from Noumea to Melbourne. F-OZNC (pictured in Locked On this issue) is an ex-Jetstar VH-VQD and is leased from AerCap. It was prepared for Aircalin service by ST Aerospace in Singapore, where it was repainted in the new colours and configured with eight business and 150 economy class seats.

A320-202 F-OHSD as SB980 ferried from Noumea to Singapore/Paya Lebar on August 16 for planned maintenance and a repaint in the new Aircalin colour scheme.

Aircalin has leased A340-313 F-OJTN from Air Tahiti Nui until late October to cover planned maintenance and the repainting of its A330-200 fleet. The A340 entered service with Aircalin on August 17 when it operated SB880 from Noumea to Kansai.

Air New Zealand took delivery of A320-232/S ZK-OXF at Auckland on July 25 after the aircraft ferried in from Toulouse via Muscat, Singapore and Cairns as NZ6399. It entered service with Air New Zealand on July 31 when it operated NZ531 from Auckland to Christchurch.

A320-232 ZK-OKR has been repainted from its All Black scheme to the standard new Air New Zealand scheme, returning to service as such on August 17 when it operated NZ504 from Christchurch to Auckland.

747-475 ZK-SUH Dunedin was withdrawn from service in Auckland on July 16 after operating NZ7/14 from San Francisco. ZK‑SUH ferried out of Auckland on July 28 as NZ6074 to Los Angeles and Victorville where it was placed in storage. ZK-SUH was delivered to Air New Zealand in Auckland on November 9 ’94.

787-9 ZK-NZE, which was delivered to Auckland on July 11 (Traffic/August), entered service on August 9 when it operated NZ103 from Auckland to Sydney.

787-9 ZK-NZF was planned for delivery to Air New Zealand in late September.

737-3U3 ZK-NGD was withdrawn from service on July 13 after operating NZ357 from Wellington to Christchurch. With its Air New Zealand titles and koru removed ZK-NGD ferried out of Christchurch on August 4 to Cairns, Denpasar and Subang as SXI1415 and there the aircraft was prepared for delivery to Nauru Airlines (see below).

737-33A ZK-NGP was withdrawn from service on August 10 after operating NZ359 from Wellington to Christchurch. The withdrawal from service of ZK‑NGD and ZK-NGP reduces the Air New Zealand 737-300 fleet to just five aircraft: ZK-NGG, NGH, NGI, NGJ and NGR.

Air Niugini ferried Fokker 100 P2-ANF out of Port Moresby on August 7 as PX6392 to Darwin, Denpasar and Seletar for planned maintenance while Fokker 100 P2-ANE returned to Port Moresby from Seletar, Denpasar and Darwin as PX6397 on August 9 on completion of its maintenance.

Air Niugini has terminated its lease on Dash 8-201 P2-ANZ andon September 9 it departed Port Moresby for Majuro and Honolulu on its return to Avmax in Calgary.

Airwork Flight Operations has withdrawn 737-377 ZK-SLA from service and on July 25 it departed Auckland for Brisbane, Darwin and Kuala Lumpur for end of lease maintenance.

737-476(SF) ZK-JTQ returned to Auckland on August 18 from Jacksonville/Cecil Field, Long Beach, Kona and Apia after the aircraft completed its freight conversion. ZK-JTQ now carries the colours of Toll and was ferried from Auckland to Brisbane on August 25 and entered service with Toll on August 27 when it operated TFR21 from Brisbane to Sydney.

Cobham Aviation Services is to add E190 VH-NJA msn 190‑00404 to its fleet with the aircraft noted at Maastricht, Holland on September 1. The E190 was carrying a new Cobham colour scheme and the registration D-AEMG.

JetGo is to lease ERJ-140LRs N295SK msn 145513, N297SK msn 145522 and N371SK msn 145535 from Republic Airlines with the first delivered, due in late September, to be registered VH‑ZJG.

Nauru Airlines took delivery of 737-3H6F VH-VLI in Brisbane on July 23 after the aircraft ferried in from Subang and Darwin as RON801. VH-VLI entered service on August 1 when it operated RON400 from Brisbane to Nauru.

737-3U3 VH-ONU, which was previously operated by Air New Zealand as ZK-NGD, was registered to Nauru Airlines on August 22.

737-3YO VH-INU has been withdrawn from service and on August 1 as RON800 it ferried from Brisbane to Alice Springs where on arrival it was placed in storage.

Virgin Group news

In this issue we report the deliveries of a 737-800 to Virgin Australia, a Fokker 100 to VARA and an ATR 72-600 to VARA and the departure of an A330-200 of Virgin Australia.

Virgin Australia took delivery of 737-8FE VH-YIZ Black Rock in Brisbane on September 1 after the aircraft ferried in from Boeing Field via Lihue and Nadi as VOZ9940.

737-8FE VH-YIW was planned for delivery to Virgin Australia in late September.

737-8FE VH-VUR ferried from Brisbane to Townsville as VOZ9947 on July 23 and on arrival entered the Flying Colours hangar for painting in Virgin Australia’s scheme. VH-VUR, which has retained the name Star City, returned to service on August 5 when it operated VOZ362 from Townsville to Brisbane.

737-8FE VH-VUA was painted in Virgin Australia colours in Townsville between August 4 and August 17 and while there was named Vesteys Beach.

737-8FE VH-VOL was painted in Virgin Australia colours in Townsville between August 16 and August 29 and while there was named Newport Beach.

737-8FE VH-BZG operated VOZ383 from Brisbane to Townsville on August 28 and on arrival entered the Flying Colours hangar for painting in Virgin Australia colours.

737-8FE ZK-PBK was painted in Virgin Australia colours in Christchurch between July 5 andJuly 21 and while there was named Lighthouse Beach.

A330-243 VH-XFA was withdrawn from service on August 14 after operating VOZ694 from Perth to Melbourne.

VH‑XFA as flight VOZ9943 departed Melbourne for Singapore on August 17 for end-of-lease maintenance.

VH-XFA was first delivered to Virgin Australia in Melbourne on March 5 ’11 after ferrying in from Dubai as DJ9082.

A330-243 VH-XFJ was planned for delivery to Virgin Australia in late September.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPJ as VOZ9902 returned to Brisbane on July 23 from Subang and Darwin after completing its planned maintenance in Alverca, Portugal.

While in Alverca VH-ZPJ was painted in the colours of Virgin Australia and named Jervis Bay.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPK as VOZ9901 departed Brisbane on July 18 for Darwin and Subang and en route stops to Alverca for planned maintenance. VH-ZPK as VOZ9902 returned to Brisbane from Subang and Darwin on August 25 and while in Portugal VH-ZPK was painted in Virgin Australia colours and named Aussie Rob.

E190-100IGW VH-ZPL as VOZ9901 departed Brisbane on September 4 for Darwin and Subang and en route stops to Alverca.

Virgin Australia Regional Airlines/VARA took delivery of Fokker 100 VH-FZI in Perth on September 5 after the aircraft ferried in from Denpasar as VOZ9951.

ATR 72-600 VH-VPJ Monkey Mia was delivered to VARA in Perth on September 4 after the aircraft ferried in from Toulouse via Penang and Halim. The ferry was contracted to Southern Cross with the flight operating as SXI1417.

Fokker 100 VH-FNJ, which had been in Seletar for planned maintenance since July 3, returned to Perth from Seletar via Port Hedland as VOZ991 on August 11.

Tigerair registered A320-232 VHXUH msn 6136 on July 9 but as of early September the aircraft had not been delivered to Australia.

Tigerair/Singapore has withdrawn from service an A320 and two A319s and ferried them to Alice Springs where they have been placed in storage. A320‑232 9V-TRO as flight TGW03F arrived in Alice Springs from Manila and Darwin on August 16, while A319‑132 9V-TRA as flight TGW01F arrived in Alice Springs from Singapore and Darwin on July 28. A319-132 9V-TRB as flight TGW02F arrived in Alice Springs from Singapore and Darwin on August 11.

Regional airline news

In this issue we report the delivery of an ATR 42-500 to Air Tahiti and a Harbin Y-12 to Real Tonga while departing were two Beech 1900Ds of Awesome Aviation and a Jetstream 41 of Brindabella Airlines.

Air Caledonia ferried ATR 72‑500 F-OIPN from Magenta to Seletar via Cairns and Darwin between August 25 and August 27 for planned maintenance.

AirNorth added EMB-120ER VH-ANQ to its fleet on August 11.

The EMB was previously operated by Network Aviation as VH-TFX (Traffic/August) and changed its registration on August 29.

Air South/AE Charter Services took delivery of Beech 1900D VHYBH ex V5‑WAV in Adelaide on July 31 after the aircraft ferried in from Perth (Traffic/August).

Air Tahiti took delivery of ATR 42-500 F-ORVC msn 1013 in Papeete on July 31 after the aircraft ferried in from Kupang via Cairns and Nadi.

Airlines PNG has removed its colour scheme from DHC-6-300 P2-MCF with the all-white aircraft noted parked at Port Moresby on August 29.

Awesome Aviation has disposed of two Beech 1900Ds previously on lease to Vincent Aviation (Australia).

Beech 1900D VH-VNT departedBatchelor on July 28 for Darwin and Surabaya and en route stops to South Africa where it was registered ZS-SEM.

Beech 1900D VH-VAZ departed Broome for Halim on July 18 and en route stops to South Africa where it was registered ZS‑JAG.

Disposal of aircraft operated by Brindabella Airlines continues.

Jetstream 41 VH-TAH, which was placed on the US register as N42AX on July 28, ferried out of Canberra to the Gold Coast on September 2. The aircraft still carried the colours and titles of Brindabella when it departed the Gold Coast for Port Moresby on September 4.

Jetstream 41 VH-TAI remains in Canberra but was placed on the US register as N41AX on July 30.

Corporate Air/Vee H Aviation has added ex Vincent Aviation (Australia) Saab 340B VH-VNX to its fleet. On July 14 VH-VNX was ferried from Townsville to Goulburn and on July 31 the registration of the Saab was changed to VH-VEF.

Hawker Pacific registered Dash 8-Q311 VH-DNU msn 571 on August 8 and on August 21 the all-white aircraft ferried into Cairns from Ambon and Darwin.

The Dash 8, which was previously operated by Uni Airways of Taiwan as B-15239, is now under maintenance at Cairns.

Real Tonga took delivery of Harbin Y-12 A3-SPV in Nuku’alofa on August 5 after the aircraft ferried in from Gurney and Honiara as SXA1147.

Jetstream 32EP VH-OTF, which was delivered to Nuku’alofa on June 20 (Traffic/August), was cancelled from the register on July 24 before being placed on the Tongan register as A3-SAM.

Disposal of aircraft operated by Vincent Aviation (Australia) continues.

Saab 340B VH-VNY, which departed Townsville for the US on June 5 (Traffic/July), was cancelled from the register on July 14 as ‘exported to USA’. It was later registered N421JG on August 28.

Beech 1900D VH-VAQ was cancelled from the register on July 15 as ‘exported to New Zealand’ and the following day the Beech, which continues on lease to Hevi Lift (PNG) in Myanmar, was registered ZK-VAB.

Bizjet news

In this issue we report the deliveries of a Hawker 800XPi and an Eclipse 500 and note the pending deliveries of a Gulfstream 650 and a Citation Sovereign. Departing were a Global Express, Learjet 45 and a Hawker 900XPi.

Hawker 800XPi VH-RIU msn 258723 was registered on August 7 with the holder S C Aviation of Osborne Park, WA and the operator Nantay of Perth Airport. VH-RIU arrived at Essendon on August 12 from Male, Cocos and Port Hedland.

Eclipse 500 N227G msn 000124 arrived at Tamworth on July 15 from Jayapura and Cairns. The Eclipse was earlier recorded departing Long Beach, California for Bremerton, Washington State on July 10 and later crossing the North Pacific thru Anchorage, Cold Bay and Adak to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.

Citation 680 Sovereign VH‑PYN msn 680-0262 was registered to Gulf Aircraft of Gatton, Queensland on July 23, although as of early September there has been no report of the aircraft arriving in Australia.

Gulfstream 650 VH-LUY was reported at Savannah, Georgia on July 25.

AVWest Global Express VHZXH was cancelled from the register by CASA on June 25 as ‘due to failure of new owner to apply to become registration holder’.

VH-ZXH was registered to AVWest on October 19 ’10 but was never delivered to Australia.

Hawker 900XP VH-ACE, which was operated by Remorex of West Perth, was cancelled from the register on August 8 as ‘exported to the USA’ and on August 20 it was registered N99GM. Earlier on July 25 VH-ACE departed its Perth base for Brisbane, Pago Pago andKahului on delivery to the USA.

Learjet 45 VH-SQM, which departed Sydney on May 14 for overseas (Traffic/July), was cancelled from the register on July 10 as ‘aircraft exported to Oman’.

Learjet 45 VH-SQD, the last of the Singapore Flying College Learjet 45s in the country, was test flown from Sydney on August 11.

Asia Pacific Jets Hawker 800 N838JL, which arrived at Essendon on August 28 ’13 reportedly to be registered VH‑VOV, was test flown from Essendon on August 22 but still carrying its US registration.

Citation II VH-JMK returned to the register on August 27 after a spell in PNG as P2-JMK. The register holder/operator is JM Kelly (Project Builders) of Central Queensland MC.

Challenger 604 VH-URR changed its registered holder on June 23 to Plane Investments of Beverly Hills, NSW.

Citation VII VH-LYM changed its registered operator on July 1 to Edwards Coaches of Armidale, NSW.

Learjet 75 N446LJ arrived at the Gold Coast from Kupang on September 4 to start a short demonstration tour of Australia. The Learjet was noted at Archerfield, Wellcamp, Maroochydore, Sydney and Armidale before departing Essendon for Broome and Seletar on September 6.

King Air fleet update

In this issue we detail the deliveries of a King Air 200C and a Cessna 441 and the departures of two King Air 200s, a King Air 200C and a PC‑12.

King Air 200C N171BL msn BL-171 was delivered to the RFDS/SE Section at Bankstown on July 23 after arriving from the US via Halim, Broome and Broken Hill. The King Air was registered VH‑MSZ to the RFDS on August 14. To allow that aircraft to take up that registration the RFDS first cancelled King Air B200 VH‑MSZ msn BB-866 from the register on August 9 as ‘withdrawn from use’.

Cessna 441 N441LC msn 441‑0035 was delivered to Maitland on July 15 after ferrying in from Merced, California via Honolulu and Majuro. The Cessna was registered VH-EQU on August 5 with the holder BPW Assets of Scone and the operator BPW Aviation of Scone.

King Air 200s VH-OYE and VH-OYH and King Air 200C VHHawkerNTH of Pearl Aviation (Australia) were cancelled from the register on July 31 as ‘exported to the USA’ and by late August VH-OYE and VH-OYH had been disassembled for overseas shipment in containers.

Gulf Aircraft King Air B300 VHPYN was cancelled from the register on July 17 before returning to the register as VH‑EYN on August 10.

King Air B200GT N57BY, which was delivered to Ardmore on July 4 (Traffic/August), was registered ZK-VMF to Tasman Aviation of Motueka on August 4.

King Air B200C VH-LNJ of Machjet was cancelled from the register on August 25 as ‘exported to PNG’.

King Air B200s VH-FDL and VH-FDO, which were registered to the RFDS/Queensland Section on July 2, had earlier been delivered to Cairns as N5021C and N5020U respectively (Traffic/July).

King Air 200 ZK-MAN changed its owner to Corporate Aircraft Charter of Adelaide on July 29 and on August 3 it departed Nelson for Auckland, Lord Howe Island, the Gold Coast, Griffith and Adelaide where it arrived on August 4. On August 25 the King Air returned to the Australian register as VH-URT.

King Air C90GTi N890LG msn LJ-1854, which was delivered to Kaipara Excavators at Ardmore on January 13 ’11, has been sold in Australia. On June 21 N890LG departed Ardmore for Auckland, Norfolk Island and Brisbane where it arrived on June 22. On August 21 the King Air was registered VH-VWG to Wolff Aviation of Toowoomba.

King Air C90A VH‑ILB msn LJ- 1375 changed its registration to VHILN on August 7.

In other turboprop news, PC‑12/47E VH-YOJ has been sold in New Zealand and on July 9 it arrived in Auckland from Hobart.

VH-YOJ was cancelled from the register on July 30 and placed on the New Zealand register on August 1 as ZK-TFL to Instra Aviation of Wellsford.

PC-12/45 N15NE, which was previously registered VH-YDO (Traffic/August), departed Adelaide on July 17 for Alice Springs, Darwin and Davao (arriving July 18).

Gulfstreams galore

AC Executive Aircraft Gulfstream 650 M-GSIX, which carries an Irish flag on its tail, arrived in Sydney from Port Moresby on August 27 and departed to Apia on August 29.

Penske Racing Gulfstream 550 N1RP arrived in Brisbane from Honolulu on August 5 and after overnighting continued to Christchurch.

Suntrust Equipment Finance Gulfstream 550 N441GC arrived in Sydney from Honolulu on August 26 before returning to Honolulu on August 28.

Warbler Gulfstream 550 N505D arrived in Melbourne from Honolulu on August 10 and later visited Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Hamilton Island and Proserpine before departing the Gold Coast for Honolulu on August 19.

CSC Trust of Delaware Gulfstream 550 N550RP as flight EJM51 arrived in Sydney from Singapore on August 21 and after overnighting departed to Honolulu.

Gulfstream 550 N989AR arrived in Sydney after a direct flight from Ushuaia, Argentina on August 20.

It later visited Melbourne, Narrandera and Wellcamp before departing Brisbane for Auckland on August 27.

Chevron USA Gulfstream 550 N5092 arrived in Perth from Manila on August 19 and after overnighting continued to Barrow Island and Sydney. N5092 departed Sydney for Honolulu on August 22.

Metrojet Gulfstream 550 B-LSM arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong on August 9 before returning to Hong Kong on August 12. Gulfstream 550 B-8157 arrived in Melbourne from Guangzhou on August 14 before continuing to Sydney on August 16. It departed Sydney for the Gold Coast on August 19 and after overnighting continued to Canton.

US Air Force Gulfstream V/C- 37A 01-0030 callsign‘Spar 33’ arrived in Canberra from Pago Pago on July 20 before continuing to Alice Springs on July 23 and Cairns on July 26. It departed Cairns for Honolulu on July 29.

National Air Services Gulfstream 450 HZ-103 arrived in Brisbane from Jakarta on August 10 before returning to Jakarta on August 13.

Air Lake Lines Gulfstream IV N473CW arrived in Perth from Auckland on August 11 and later visited Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide before departing Sydney on September 1.

AVN Air Gulfstream IV N551CB arrived in Perth from Port Moresby on August 16 and departed to Brisbane and Nadi on August 19.

Gulfstream IV PK-TMI arrived in Perth from Seletar on August 1 and departed to Halim on August 3.

Pakistan Air Force Gulfstream IV J-756 callsign ‘PAF756’ arrived in Brisbane ex Halim on August 3 before continuing to Canberra. It departed Canberra for Sydney on August 7 and Sydney for Halim on August 8.

Gulfstream 280 B-8280 arrived in Melbourne from Denpasar on August 5 before continuing to Sydney on August 9. It departed Sydney for Denpasar on August 13.

Overseas bizjets

Global Express N118WT arrived in Sydney from Gurney on August 4 before continuing to Cairns on August 6. It departed Cairns for Pago Pago on August 10.

TAG Aviation Global Express N526GX callsign ‘TagJet 69’ arrived in Melbourne from Hong Kong on August 29 and after overnighting continued to Sydney.

Global Express N9253V arrived in Cairns from Honolulu and Honiara on August 13 before departing on August 19 for Honiara and Honolulu.

TAG Aviation Challenger 850 VP-BNY callsign ‘Tagjet 35’ arrived in Brisbane from Davao and Darwin on July 23. It continued to Essendon on July 25 and Sydney on July 29 before departing for Darwin and Davao on July 31.

Challenger 5445 Challenger 604 N877H arrived in Sydney from Pago Pago on August 8 before continuing to Christchurch on August 11.

FAI Air Service Challenger 604 D-AFAC callsign ‘Red Angel 4870’ arrived in Sydney from Denpasar in the early hours of August 28. Later the same day it departed for Darwin and Hong Kong.

Aggregrate Assets Challenger 604 M-AAEL, formerly B-LBL, arrived in Sydney from Hong Kong and Darwin on August 28 before continuing to Brisbane on August 29, Melbourne on August 30 and Darwin on August 31.

Challenger 601-3R N639TS arrived at the Gold Coast from Subang and Darwin on July 29. The following day N639TS operated a return flight to Melbourne before departing for Darwin and Subang on August 5.

TAG Jet Asia Challenger 300 N939SG callsign ‘Tagjet 57’ arrived in Sydney from Halim and Darwin on July 28 and departed Sydney for Darwin and Halim on July 30.

Quick Air Jet Charter Learjet 35A D-CJPG as flight QAJ851 arrived in Adelaide from Port Hedland on August 18 and after overnighting departed for Port Hedland and Padang.

Citation XLS PK-BKS, which arrived in Perth on June 29 (Traffic/ August), departed on August 4 for Port Hedland and Halim.

Wirtgen Group Citation CJ4 D-CWIR arrived in Townsville from Denpasar and Darwin on August 17 and after overnighting continued to Toowoomba and Sydney. On August 20 it continued to Adelaide and Perth before departing on August 23 to Port Hedland and Cocos Island.

DLR Flugbetriebe Falcon 20E‑5 D-CMET, which has been workingout of Christchurch since June 30 (Traffic/August), departed on July 22 for Sydney and Cairns. It remained in Cairns until July 27 when it departed for Darwin and Bandar Seri Begawan.

Ferry flights

Beech D-18S N43927 (Traffic/ August) continued its trans-Pacific ferry on August 8 when it departed Pekoa, Vanuatu for Norfolk Island and Auckland (arriving August 10).

The Beech later departed Auckland for Christchurch on August 18 before continuing to Wanaka on August 20.

Beech 36 N20TC arrived in Darwin from Denpasar on July 17 before continuing to Brisbane on July 18 and Noumea on July 20. Tragically the Beech, which was on a roundthe- world flight, later crashed into the sea shortly after departing Pago Pago for Honolulu resulting in the death of both occupants.

T-6C Texan IIs N2824B and N2826B, which were the first of type on delivery to the RNZAF, arrived at Whenuapai on August 18 after ferrying in from the USA via Denpasar, Darwin, Cairns, Brisbane and Norfolk Island. N2824B, which used the callsign ‘HKB170’, will become NZ1401 with the RNZAF, while N2826B callsign ‘HKB177’ will become NZ1402.

Cessna 208B PK-RJS arrived in Broome from Kupang on August 26.

Cessna 208 PK-ASA arrived in Cairns from Jayapura and Horn Island on August 11 before departing on August 19 for Horn Island and Jayapura Cessna 337G VH-ODL arrived at the Gold Coast from Parafield and Dubbo on August 21 carrying special markings. On the port side of the aircraft were the titles ‘Samoa Air’ while on the starboard side were the titles ‘Central Pacific Special Air Services’. VH-ODL departed the Gold Coast for Archerfield on August 25.

BN2A-26 VH-BWO was cancelled from the register on July 14 when sold in Vanuatu. Registered YJ-BA1 it departed Cairns for Honiara on July 18 on delivery to Belair Airways.

BN2A-27 VH-SKG was cancelled from the register on August 11 when sold in Vanuatu.

Registered YJ-AL2 it departed Cairns for Port Vila on August 22 on delivery to Air Taxi Vanuatu.

Heavy metal

Airbus A350-941 F-WWYB as AIB303 arrived in Sydney from Johannesburg on August 5 before continuing the same day to Auckland as AIB304. The A350 returned to Australia on August 10 when it arrived in Perth from Doha as AIB402 and departed the same day on return to Doha as AIB403. Alpha Star Aviation Services A320-214(CJ) HZ-A2 arrived in Brisbane from Medan on August 7 before continuing to Melbourne on August 10 and Auckland on August 11. On August 14 HZ-A2 transited Darwin while en route from Auckland to Colombo.

Comlux Aviation Malta A319- 115(CJ) 9H-MCE as flight MLM021 arrived at Melbourne from Macau on September 1.

Antonov Airlines An-124 UR-82008 as flight ADB1986 arrived in Perth from Colombo on August 1 and after overnighting operated a return flight to Karratha. The Antonov, which carries a new colour scheme, departed for Auckland as flight ADB2098 on August 3. Later in the month UR-82008 as flight ADB2078 arrived in Adelaide from Kuala Lumpur and Darwin and after overnighting departed to Johor Bahru as ADB204F.

Nippon Cargo 747-4KZF JA03KZ as flight NCA6171 arrived in Perth from Narita on August 19 and after overnighting departed as NCA654 to Hong Kong.

National Cargo 747-428BCF N952CA callsign ‘National Cargo 850’ arrived in Darwin from New Delhi on July 7 and later departed to Iwakuni.

US Air Force E-4B 73-1676 callsign ‘Grim 25’ arrived Sydney from New Delhi on August 10 and departed to MCAS Miramar, California on August 12.

US Air Force C-17A 07-7188 callsign ‘Reach 501’, which was travelling in company with the E-4B, arrived in Sydney from New Delhi and Darwin on August 10 and departed to MCAS Miramar on August 12.

Atlas Air 767-3S1ER N640GT as flight GTI8691 arrived in Darwin from Hickam on July 27 before returning to Hickam the same day.

Aquis 757-23A/WL VQ-BTF arrived in Cairns from Clark, Philippines on August 17 and after overnighting continued to Brisbane and Melbourne. It later visited Sydney before departing the Gold Coast for Hong Kong on August 22.

JetMagic 757-23A/WL 9H-AVM as flight JMK417 arrived in Melbourne from Halim on July 22 and departed to Singapore as JMK425 on July 25.

US Air Force 757-200/C-32A 98- 0001 callsign ‘Sam 700’ arrived in Sydney from Yangon and Darwin on August 11 and departed to Honiara and Honolulu on August 13.

GC Air 737-73Q/BBJ N834BA arrived in Brisbane from Kahului on August 3.

US Air Force 737-7DM/C‑40C 05-0730 callsign ‘Spar 29’ arrived in Sydney from Rotorua on August 13 before operating a return flight to Newcastle on August 15.

The C-40C departed Sydney for Darwin on August 16.

US Air Force 737-7DM/C‑40B 01-0015 callsign ‘Spar 55’ arrived in Sydney from Pago Pago on August 10 before returning to Pago Pago on August 12.

Indonesian air force 737-4U3 A-7305 transited Cairns on August 30 while en route from Denpasar to Noumea. It returned thru Cairns on September 1 on the reverse route.

Comlux Aviation Kazakhstan Legacy 650 UP-EM10 as flight BEC010 transited Brisbane in the early hours of September 1 while en route from Denpasar to Apia.

It again transited Brisbane on the reverse route on September 3.

Volga-Dnepr Il‑76TD-90VD RA-76950 as flight VDA6834 arrived in Darwin from Johor Bahru on August 24 and departed to Manila as VDA6835 on August 25.

US Air Force MC-130Hs 88‑0191 ‘Tang 12’, 89-0280 ‘Tang 21’ and 90-0162 ‘Tang 11’ departed Whenuapai for Brisbane and Cairns on August 1 and after overnighting continued to Koror and Kadena.